Washing-machine.



No. 889,166. 1 1 W. n. WHITNEY.

PATENTBDMAY 26, 190s.

WASHING MAcHINE.

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No. 889,166. PATENTED MAYz, 1908.

W. D. WHITNEY.

WASHING MACHINE.

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, /J/WENTO/e A TORA/E ys UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIOE.

,WILLIE D. WHITNEY, OF HOLLY, NEW YORK,.ASSIGNOR TO THE 190OYWASHERCO.,'OF

, .BINGHAMTON, NEW YORK.

WASI-IIN G-MACHIN E Patented May26, 1908.

Application led June` 28, 1907. `Seria1`No. 381,345.

To all whom it' may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIE D. WHITNEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Holly, in the county of Orleansand State of New York, haveinvented a new and useful Washing-Machine, of which the following is aspecification.

'lhis invention relates to washing machines, in which the clothes areconfined between two rubbing members, one of which oscillates withrespect to the other to secure the desired rubbing action, and one ofwhich moves toward and from the other for the purpose of alternatelysqueezing and releasing the clothes, and thus forcing the suds throughthem.

The principal object of the invention is to improve and simplifymachines of this type,I and to materially reduce the expense ofconstruction, and at the same time to better control the oscillatoryaction of the movable member than is possible with the constructions nowin use.

With these and other objects in view, as will more fully hereinafter a'pear, the invention consists in certain nove features of constructionand arrangement of parts, hereinafter fully described, illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the appendedclaims, it being understood that various changes in the form,,proportions, size and minor details of the structure may be madewithout departing from the spirit or sacrilicing any of the advantagesof the invention.

In the accompanying drawings -Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of awashing machine provided with an operating and power transmittingmechanism constructed and arranged in accordance with the invention.Fig. 2 is an elevation -of the mechanism, showing the oscillatory memberraisedv to its full height.

' on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2, showing in dotted lines the movement of thesupporting link.

Similar numerals of reference are employed to indicate correspondingparts throughout the several figures of the drawings.

In the drawings, 10 and 11 represent two members, both of which areprovided with rubbing surfaces. One of said members is movable in anoscillatory path with respect to the other, and one of the members ismovable toward and from the other. In the Fig. 3 is a sectional planview member 11 constitutes a clothes container or tuband is movable inan oscillatorypath, and is also arranged to reciprocate vertically. Thesupporting standards or legs 14 are connected at the top by a suitablespider frame 15, having sockets for the reception of the upper ends ofthe legs, and the central orhub portion of this spider 15 carriesavertically disposed stationary pin 17, `whichlpin fits within a collar18 that is provided with a number of branched arms 19 that arepermanently secured to the bottom of the movable member, in thisinstance the tub.

The tub and collar 18 are vfree for oscillatory movement on the pin 17,and this movement may be accomplished by grasping the tub when thedevice'is to be manually operated, or any suitable motor mechanism maybe employed for the purpose.

Extending from the spider frame 15, and preferably forming an integralpart thereof, is an arm 20 that inclines outward from the axis of thepin 17 and is provided at its other end with a rounded seat grooved at21 for the reception of theupper hooked end 22 of a link 23, and thelower end of said link is turned to form an eye 24 that extends throughan o ening formed in a lug 25 projecting latera ly from the lower end ofthe collar 1 8, that side of the collar from which the lug projectsbeing providedwitha tapering recess 26 to permit the convenientintroduction of the eye and to allow free movement of the collar 18through an arc of one hundred and eighty degrees.

When the parts are in the position of rest, the link 23 is approximatelyparallel with the inner face of the arm 20, and the vbottom of the eye24 is but very slightly spaced from the top of the spider 15. As soon asthe tub is turned with the pin 17 asan axis, the link is swung aroundwith the grooved seat 21 as` a center of movement, the eye 24 describingan arc, the center of which is the axis of the pin 17. As the lug 25moves out of the vertical plane of the arm 20 and the link 23 assumesthe inclined position, the link will naturally elevate the collar 18,and the latter will continue to move upward, carrying with it the tubuntil the rub has moved through approximately an arc of approximatelyninety degrees from its initial position of rest, the link at this timeassuming the position shown in full lines in Figs. 2 and 3, and furthermovement in this direction is stopped by the fact that there is thendirect tensional strain exerted through the link 23 between the arm 20and the lug 25.

The movement of the tub is not in practice carried on to such an extentthat the link will form a direct and positive stop, but on the contrarythe movement is gradually checked as the tub approaches its limit, owingto the fact that the force required to turn the tub is increased inproportion to the distance traveled. At first the lift exerted by thelink is almost direct, but as the link moves gradually toward thehorizontal, its eectiveness is gradually decreased, until the forcerequired to move it is greater than would be ordinarily exerted in themanual operation of the device, so that the tub is naturally releasedbefore being brought to a full sto The weight of the tub causes it todeseen by gravity, and the link then sinks down gradually toward theinitial position shown in Fig. 1, and swings beyond this position owingto the acquired momentum, and as the operator reverses the thrust on thetub, the latter will be carried in the opposite direction, while thelink 23 is moved toward the dotted line position shown in Fig.

3, Where the operation is repeated and the tub again released andcarried downward beyond the center through its momentum.

By the employment of a single link in which the points of attachment ofthe link are in diiferent vertical planes at different distances fromthe axis of oscillation, it is found that the tub may be operated withless power, and with greater freedom of movement, while at the sametime, the initial expense is much less than in machines of this classwhere vertical, or a proximately vertical pairs of links are emp oyedfor the same purpose.

I claim 1. In a washing machine, a supporting frame, astationaryvertically disposed pin carried thereby, an oscillatorywashing member carried by the pin and free for vertical movement, and aninclined link forming a pivotal connection between the frame and thewashing member and serving to impart vertical movement to the latterduring the oscillatory movement.

2. In a washing machine, a supporting frame or standard, a stationaryvertically disposed pin carried thereby, a tub, a sleeve secured to thetub and receiving said pin, the sleeve being free for oscillatory andvertical movement on the pin, a fixed frame, and a single inclined linkhaving a pivotal connection with the frame and with the sleeve, andserving to im art vertical movement to the sleeve as the atter isoscillated.

3. In a washing machine, a plurality of standards or legs, a spiderframe connecting the upper ends of the same and provided with anoutwardly extended arm, theupper end 'of which is provided with arounded grooved seat, a vertically arranged pin rigidly secured to thespider, a tub, a sleeve secured to the bottom of the tub and free foroscillatory andvertical movement on the pin, said sleeve having alaterally projected perforated lug, and an inclined link having at oneend an eye passing through the perforated lug, the upper end of saidlink being hooked and fitting within the grooved seat, said link servingto impart vertical movement to the sleeve as the latter is oscillated.

4. In a washing machine, a pair of rubbing members, one of which may beoscillated with respect to the other, and one of which is movable towardand from the other, a frame, a fixed pin carried thereby, a sleevecarried by one of the rubbing members and free for oscillatory andvertical movement on said pin, an inclined link, the lower end of whichis connected to the sleeve, and a xed support on which the upper end ofthe link may swing, said link being arranged to move from an inclinedposition toward a horizontal plane to form a fixed stop for limiting theoscillatory movement of the sleeve, the link serving to raise the sleeveduring such oscillatory movement, and acting with gradually decreasingforce as the movement progresses.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIE D. WHITNEY.

Witnesses:

ADRIAN G. BOWEN, GRACE A. BowEN.

